With the economy in full swoon, more corporate travel departments are requiring cost-saving measures. Employees are increasingly pressured by travel managers to book tickets further in advance, opt for limited-service hotels, take public transportation and refrain from paying for others' meals.

With the economy in full swoon, more corporate travel departments are requiring cost-saving measures. Employees are increasingly pressured by travel managers to book tickets further in advance, opt for limited-service hotels, take public transportation and refrain from paying for others' meals.

The two luxury hotels targeted in the Mumbai terror attacks prepared Saturday to reopen for the first time since the rampages that killed 164 people and left the Oberoi and Taj Mahal in tatters last month.

British Prime Minister Gordon Brown pledged more counter-terrorism help to the Pakistani government, revealing that three-quarters of terror plots investigated in Britain linked back to al-Qaeda supporters in Pakistan.

The deadly terrorist attacks in Mumbai are prompting new efforts to bolster security in the U.S. by law enforcement officials who fear the assault on India's financial capital represents an unforeseen model for future attacks on U.S. soil.

The United States can expect a terrorist attack using nuclear or more likely biological weapons before 2013, reports a bipartisan commission in a study being briefed Tuesday to Vice President-elect Joe Biden.